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MADAGASCAR Isabella Bueso



Madagascar is located on the south of the continent of Africa on a big island in the Indian Ocean east of the continent; near Mozambique. It's total area is 587,041 sq km. It is the fourth largest island in the world and the 47th largest country.


 * Population:  22,005,222
 * Birth Rate:  34 births/ 1,000 population
 * Death Rate:  7.3 deaths/1,000 population
 * Net Migration Rate:  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
 * Infant Mortality:  47.4/1,000 population
 * Population Growth Rate:  2.66%
 * Life Expectancy: __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">male: __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 61.97 years ; <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__female:__ 66.1 years
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Doubling Time: 26 years
 * <span style="color: #ff0001; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stage of Demographic Transition Model: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Stage 5
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MEDC OR LEDC?: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">LEDC

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">The population of Madagascar is increasing because of the use of drugs, human trafficking and child prostitution is rapidly increasing. For the same reasons the death rate is increasing as well and so does HIV. HIV was responsible for 1,700 deaths in 2009 (low compared to the rest of Africa). Teen pregnancies have increased over the years, the rate is 14.8% (higher than the average of Africa) and the fertility rate that is 4.6 per women. There is not a lot of violence but a lot of poverty. 69% of the people in Madagascar earn less than one dollar a day and most children only go to school until they are eleven years old. Due to the fact that women are not educated they do not know of matters such as birth controls or condoms to prevent pregnancies.The net migration is 0 because Madagascar is very extense and the density is very low. Also, transportation is very expensive because it is an island and the near countries are India or countries in Africa who are struggling as well. So there is no point in migrating and it is very hard and high-priced to leave because it is so far away from mainland. Most <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">of the Malagasians live in poverty (50% of the population below the poverty line) therefore they don't live very long causing life expectancy to be very low. Most of the population of Madagascar is children. The infant mortality is high because 36.8% of kids under 5 are underweight and there are very high risks of getting infected by disease such as diarrhea, hepatitis A or by getting bitten by malaria mosquitoes or any other kinds of plague that can cause death. There are hospitals and medical centers in the island but are mostly in the urban areas. In 2010 Madagascar had 3 hospital beds per 10,000 people and the total doctors for 22 million people were 3,150 doctors. Madagascar is a Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC) because they mostly focus on agriculture. They plant and sell rice, coffee, vanilla, sugar, tabacco, etc. They also have a lot of tourism although is has decreased since the political crisis in 2009. They had a coup d'etat in which the mayor of the capital Antananarivo led a movement to replace the actual country and he was later made president by the Supreme Court in March 2009. A new constitution was made and the elections are set for July 2013. In 2010, tourism decreased by more than 50%. The GPD-per capita in 2011 was $900 making Madagascar one of the poorest countries in the world.





http://www.wildmadagascar.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MDG_orthographic.svg https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition